Analysis

Guilty findings put President Trump back on his heels

In two courtrooms 200 miles apart, the president?s almost daily attempts to dismiss the criminal investigations all but collapsed.

NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 21: Michael Cohen, former lawyer to U.S. President Donald Trump, exits the Federal Courthouse on August 21, 2018 in New York City. Cohen reached an agreement with prosecutors, pleading guilty to charges involving bank fraud, tax fraud and campaign finance violations.(Photo by Yana Paskova/Getty Images)

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Michael Cohen: Payments made at Trump?s direction

Cohen made the admission while pleading guilty to breaking campaign finance laws and other charges.

Paul Manafort in May 2018.

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Paul Manafort found guilty on 8 counts

A mistrial was declared on 10 counts. It was the first trial victory related to the Mueller investigation.

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President Trump responded briefly to the news about his former aides.

Michael A. Cohen

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/21/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/cohen-5008.jpg The beginning of the end of the Trump presidency

The president of the United States has been implicated in the commission of a federal crime.

The Commonwealth Avenue project was massively disruptive but was completed quickly.

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Thought the Comm. Ave. Bridge closure was tough? You?ve got worse coming up

The North Washington Street bridge to Charlestown will take five years to rebuild. And it can?t benefit from fast construction techniques.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/22/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Gerry_Studds_2-5372965.jpg Gerry Studds named in latest probe of sexual misconduct at St. Paul?s

The late Mass. congressman ?acted as a predator,? according to a former student. The new report is another black mark against the elite Concord, N.H., boarding school.

Adrian Walker

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/21/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/walker-19624.jpg The nearly erased artist behind the hidden face of the proposed Faneuil Hall memorial

When artist Steve Locke proposed a slavery memorial at Faneuil Hall, he wasn?t prepared for the political maelstrom he was walking into.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/20/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/590a8f47042442948aabacf83892ac34-590a8f47042442948aabacf83892ac34-0.jpg Immigrants testify about ordeal of detention, separation from families

Five plaintiffs are asking a judge to file an injunction to prevent ICE from arresting and detaining them as they seek legal status through their spouses.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/21/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/AFP_18E9E0.jpg Trump?s economic adviser said he didn?t know party guest was a white nationalist

Peter Brimelow, who once was a mainstream conservative and now runs a prominent white nationalist website, attended Larry Kudlow?s birthday party.

Harry Keramidas, a veteran of the movie business, was instrumental in getting the Ashfield Film Festival off the ground. He?s holding the mascot, Baby Cecil.

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The delightfully daffy, completely community-produced Ashfield Film Festival

Now in its 11th year, the festival features five-minute films created by the working folks, gentleman farmers, and schoolchildren of this agrarian community of 1,700.

Dave Epstein

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/22/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/greenhouse_02hot-6_metro.jpg The definition of an ideal summer weekend: This weekend

We?ll see pleasantly warm temperatures, moderate levels of humidity, and plenty of sunshine through Sunday. Be prepared for big crowds at the beach.

Obituary

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/21/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/171024_BS_020.jpg Retired detective-turned-attorney Paul Barnicle?s ?love of the law shone bright?

Barnicle, who became an attorney for the indigent after retiring from the Boston force, died Aug. 10. He was 69.

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?I said to myself, ?not again,?? said co-owner Maggie Kosmidis a few days later, standing behind the restaurant?s wrap-around counter.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/21/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/greenhouse_22campaignnotes-1_metro-001.jpg Nurses rally for ballot initiative on staffing, target hospital execs

The ballot question would set strict limits on the numbers of patients assigned to hospital nurses.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/21/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/jogger-e5da9268-91aa-11e8-b769-e3fff17f0689.jpg Undocumented immigrant confessed to Iowa student?s murder, police say

Cristhian Bahena Rivera has been charged in the death of 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts.

He was fishing for porgies and bass. A whale showed up

?It kind of scared the crap out of me at first,? said Zack Fahey, 28, of Wilmington.

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State won?t get off the pot and intervene in marijuana testing dispute

Different methods used by different labs produce different results, and regulators appear to have little appetite for reconciling the discrepancy.

Indians 6, Red Sox 3

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/22/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/davis_bc9_spts.jpg Red Sox? losing streak hits three

It?s the first time the Red Sox have lost three consecutive games in four months.

NICK CAFARDO | ON BASEBALL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/22/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/davis_bc15_spts.jpg Red Sox? slide is nothing to worry about, right?

Their three straight losses aren?t that big, but Chris Sale?s health and Nathan Eovaldi?s struggles might be concerns.

Globe Magazine

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/17/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/coaches0826friends.jpg How the McDaniels-Stevens bromance blossomed

Two of New England?s star young coaches hang out quite a bit when the cameras aren?t trained on them.

A view across Fort Point Channel from one of the upper floors of a building General Electric is renovating.

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Photo Essay

GE offers glimpse of its future Fort Point home

If only workers who toiled at the New England Confectionery Co. a century ago could see the old candy factory now.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/20/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/silCaulipower_xxann_03_art.jpg Pizzas with a cauliflower crust? Yes, please

Gail Becker?s motivation for starting Caulipower was her two young sons, now teens, both diagnosed with celiac disease.

COMMENTARY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/21/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/1020404650.jpg Madonna didn?t do right by Aretha. Time to say a little prayer for the VMAs

There were so many ways MTV could have honored the Queen of Soul. Here are a few to start.

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Kelly Marie Tran is breaking her silence about online harassment months after deleting her Instagram account.

Asia Argento.

COMMENTARY

Asia Argento is not the #MeToo movement

Argento may be both a victim and a predator, but #MeToo should not be held accountable for her actions.

Sara and Mohammad Yasin (7 and 5, respectively) of Watertown munched on tomatoes after the competition.

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?You can?t judge a tomato by its cover?

Move over, Oscars, Emmys, Tonys, and Grammys. Here come the ?Tommys.?

Facebook: Russia, Iran created hundreds of fake pages, groups

The company said it?s taken down more than 600 phony pages, groups, and accounts that were part of two separate disinformation campaigns.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/21/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/60c9765ad1dc47b1af3305f532c52a69-60c9765ad1dc47b1af3305f532c52a69-0.jpg Vermont candidate Christine Hallquist getting death threats

The Democratic gubernatorial candidate, who is transgender, says she?s been getting a steady stream of death threats and other personal attacks since her candidacy began.

New Orleans school criticized over policy on hairstyles

A video showed a young black girl walking out of a Catholic school in tears after being told her hair extensions were not allowed.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/22/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/AP18233823170782.jpg Hawaii prepares for powerful Hurricane Lane

Tropical storm-force winds, excessive rain, and large swells from the Category 5 storm could arrive starting Wednesday.

Always wash fruits?and vegetables.

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Help Desk

How not to get food poisoning

Each day seems to bring news of another outbreak or recall. You don?t have to give up eating, though. Here?s how to avoid food poisoning like the plague.

Opinion & Ideas

Editorial

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/21/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/tlumacki_worcesterstateDemconvention_metro211.jpg Endorsement: Jay Gonzalez is the best choice for Democrats

A former official in the Patrick administration, Gonzalez has the right background to go toe-to-toe with the governor.

Editorial

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/16/BostonGlobe.com/Ideas/Images/adc4a41efecc4b5da3bf8235b7f5808a-adc4a41efecc4b5da3bf8235b7f5808a-0.jpg Endorsement: Charlie Baker deserves GOP nod

It?s important for the Massachusetts GOP that Baker win big in the Sept. 4 Republican gubernatorial primary.

Special reports

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She?s a social media manager for an arts-and-crafts company, and somehow became a target of a secret TSA surveillance program.

Newsletters

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STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/21/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/RichardGarfein-_0345-1024x576.jpg Smartphones are becoming a weapon in the global fight against TB

Video monitoring apps are making it easier and cheaper for public health officials to ensure TB patients take medications daily.

Globe event

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/08/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/SeattleTimes_10kirsner02_biz.jpg Seattle?s mayor talks growing pains that offer some lessons for Boston

Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan spoke at a Globe event on how innovation is shaping our world, and she?s in high demand among the hundreds of mayors gathered in Boston.

Podcast

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/18/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/FlfQGTy9_585.jpg More about Last Seen: The Largest Unsolved Art Heist ever

A true-crime podcast about the most valuable ? and confounding ? art heist in history: the theft of 13 irreplaceable artworks from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.

Cars

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The 2018 BMW X3 M40i proves worthy of the M badge

The 2018 BMW X3 M40i sits at the top of the X3 lineup. Reserved for its most performance-oriented variants, putting an M badge onto an SUV is a big deal. It comes with high expectations, and the X3 meets those expectations ? and then some. While the standard engine in the X3 is a 2.0-liter turbocharged [?]